1. Joining Both Palms Together To Greet In Hindu culture, people greet each other by joining their palms – termed as “Namaskar.” The general reason behind this tradition is that greeting by joining both the…
“Some act till they meet obstacles, others act in spite of obstacles, and conquer them; but some act not, fearing the possibility of some obstacles that might arise en route.” The very word OBSTACLE indicates…
You cannot become something which you eternally are, which you have not been, at any time of eternity. Liberation, which is the Realisation of the Self, is not a result of any action, for if…
Explore and realise the dynamic potential that’s latent in you for common benefit, says Swami Chinmayananda What is Dynamism? Have you got dynamism? Is it character, is it intelligence, is it the energetic nature of…
Shiva, one of the Hindu Trinity, represents Brahman, Supreme Reality, in its aspect of annihilator, the other two aspects being those of Vishnu, the one who maintains and protects and Brahma, who creates. Shiva symbolises…
In vedanta we do not believe that creation started at any known point in time. This would be illogical and unacceptable to any awakened thinker. Time can express itself only in a mind that experiences.…
With my shashtang namaskarams at the feet of the master and eternal gratitude, i would like to present his view on ethics and morality. Have been eye-opening for me. Hope it is the same for…
The Gayatri Mantra has been chronicled in the Rig Veda, which was written in Sanskrit about 2500 to 3500 years ago, and the mantra may have been chanted for many centuries before that. For ages,…
Now there are thousands of temples in different sizes, shapes and locations. But not all of them are considered to be built the Vedic way. Generally, a temple should be located at a place where…
In Ayodhya, ( yudhdha means conflict, Ayodhya means where there is no conflict ) to the king Dasharatha ( = one who has conquered all the ten indriyaas ) was born the Supreme Lord, Sri…
